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Dear Wellingtonian Traveler,
Welcome to our BLOODY MADRID tour through Old Madrid. Do please
prepare yourself for what awaits us down dark, narrow streets. We
shall be stopping at the very sites where murder most foul took place.
Oh, yes. Always keep in mind that the Spirits of the departed will be
watching us!
How came the most famous of all Court
Painters, Velazquez to die in horrible pain in August, 1660? Idle
gossip claimed poison was the reason, but administered by whom?
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In 1622, the Count of Villa-Mediana had gained
a reputation as a ‘Lady Killer’ (no pun intended!). His indiscretions
led to a list of jealous noblemen claiming he had seduced their wives.
As the Count was returning home after dark, from an archway leading to
the Church of San Gines, there darted a cloaked figure.........
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